Tire-armor.



' Uni-fran Ysax/11'rns PATENT oFF-Ion.

PET-ER' W. ANDERSON AND JOSEPH T. KENNLLY, OF RAWLINS, WYOMING.

TIRE-ARMOR.

mgm@ appugtion men ocwber 14,1914', serial no. 866,664. Divided and thisapplication :ned prix 1'9,

v i 1915.' Serial No.22,423.

i To all 'whom 4it may concern.'

Be. it known that we, PETER YV. ANDERSON and Josnrrr T. KENNELLY,citizens of the United States, residing 'at Rawlins, in., hecciinty oCarbon and'Stateof W-yo g,

Ivive invented rtain new and useful Immovements in Tire-Armors, otwhiehthe following is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved armor for vehicle tires beingparticularly adapted for use in-connection with the pneumatic tires of`motor vehicles and constitutes a division of our pending applicationtiled Oct. 14, 1914, Serin No. 866,664.

The invention has as its primary object to provide an armor which may bereadily applied to the tire and which, in use, will be adapted toeffectively protect the tire.

A further object of the invention is to provide an armor which will alsoat the same time be adapted to prevent skidding of the `tire or wheel towhich the armor is applied.

The' invention has as a further ob]ect,in this connection, to provide anarmor having a plurality of knobs adapted to engage the ground or roadsurface, to thus prevent the slipping ci the tire to which the armor isap;`

plie-cl. ."inil the invention'lias as a Still fui`- ther object toprovide an armor which will be comparatively simple in construction andwhich may be appli-ed to almost any conventional type of tire withoutthe necessity of structural change therein.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds andin the drawings wherein we have illustrated the pre- .ferred embodimentof the invention and where-in similar reference vcharacters designatecorresponding parts throughoutthe several views, Figure 1 `is afragmentary perspective view showing the manner in which our improvedarmor is applied to a tire, Fig. .2 is a perspective view showing one ofthe armor plates detached as well as the manner in which the said plateis supported in operative position, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectionalview taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. l and particularly Showing theiii-.fainting ci the antiskidding knobs carried by the armor platesReferring more particularly to the draw ings, we have for convenience,in Fig. l, conventionallv shown a portion of a tire 'at 10. It will beuzi`nstood that our improved armor is especially adapted for use inconnection with pneumatic tires although it may be applied to tires ofother types.

' In carrying out our invention, we employ a -plurality o f annularbands or wires 11, the said bands being preferably formed from PatentedJiny 25,1916.

suitable resilient metal and each having its A extremities detachablyconnected in an suitable manner as by a. turn buckle12. The bands 11 areadapted to complctel encircle the tire 10 to seat against the outer acethereof as shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings,.and mounted upon the saidbands, are a plurality of armor sections or plates 13. The plates" l 13are substantially rectangular 4in contour andare each preferably formedfrom a piece of suitable resilientfsheet metal. Formed on opposite sidesof each of said plates are opposed flanges 14 and 15, the flanges uponone side'of each'of said plates being reversely arranged to the flangesupon the other side thereof. It will be observed upon reference vto Fig.2 of the drawings, that the side margins of each of said plates are cutaway to provide the flanges 14 which, as will be noted, aresubstantially semi-circular in cross-section, while portions of the sidemarl gns of eachA of Said plates'upon the side.

thereof opposite to the Vcut away portions providing theflanges 14, aresimilarly cutaway to provide the flanges 15,' also substantiallysemi-circular in cross-section.

The flanges 14 and 15 o'f the plates 1?, preferably extend throughoutthe entire length of the said plates-andare adapted to freely receivethebands 11, the lates being mounted between adjacent ban s and arrangedstaggered relation as best shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings with the saidbands threaded over the" flanges 14 and beneath the flanges ,15.l

Formed'l upon one side of each. of,- theV plates 13 is an upstandingsubstantially triangular soeket 16, which is provided with an innerbeveledwa-ll and i's adapted to ref ceive the larger end of ayieldableknob 17 inthe manner best shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The knobs 17are preferably formed of rubber although any other suitable materialm'ay be employed and in initially mounting the said knobs within thesockets, it will, of course, be understood that the larger ends thereofare compressed and are then inserted Awithin the sockets 16 to expandwithin the larger inner'extremities of the said Sockets and engage'against the inner' walls thereof for thus securely convconnection withthe several bands 1l, 'an ennular metallic band 18, adapted to encirclethe tire 10 and lit over the said bands with the sockets-.16 projectingthrough the band \18. As shown in Figz 1 of the drawings,v

the band 18 is provided withsuitable openings which are arranged toreceive the sockets 16 and is of such cross-sectional contour, as tnsubstantially conform to the contour of the tire 10.. As will be clear,the

band 18 will,- in use, reduce to lminil'nnm" the possibility ofpuncturingthe tire110 aifidj"v is adapted -to'come into"directcontact@aritl the road Surfaceeto thus tail-:efiip the weer whichwould otherwise come directly upon thetire.

It will therefore be seen that we provide an exceptionally Iefficientconstruction for the purpose set forth vsince the improved.

armor may be, iqiplied'A to almost a'ny^"c onj vontional. type of tirewithout the necessity vAs will be 'understood, aload upon the tire "1.0will have a tendency to compress the knobs 17 of structural ,changethere-in.

within 'the sockets 16 so that the outeredgcs of the said sockets willContact with the .surface over which the tire 1S passing to thus engagethe roadway and render it unnecessary, in Wet Weather, to use chainssuch :is are now commonly employed. ln this connection,it may be Statedthat altl'iough the band 18 is preferably formed of resilient sheetmetal, still, any other suitable materia-l may be employed s ucli aswill, in use, be found entirely practicable.

Having thus described our invention,

what we claim and desire to secure by L'`v ters Patent is `A device ofthe'character described in cluding a plurality of annular members, a

plurality of plates freely mounted thereon and supported betweenadjacent members in staggered relation with the-.ends of the'pletes.zibiit-t'1-ng each other .for holding the -x-.plates igilproper.spaced relation circainferf entia-llyv,feftllolsaidv members, radialknobs c aiiidfby sidplates, andaba-nd adapted to encircle the saidmembers to fit over the said plates with the knobs projected through theband.

In testimony whereof we affix our s1gna- 4tures in presenceoftwoavitnesses.

PETER W. ANDERSON. JOSEPH T. Witnesses:

' MERRELL,

IC. H. ANDERSON.

